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That really doesn't surprise me. I work at a CATV company and I get to do some stuff with digital channel modulation, and the boxes we use for that are running busybox. I had to log into it to get the http server running and was pleasantly surprised to get busybox.

I would look at the list of 12 if I could scroll down to the bottom without being bombarded by invasive ads and yet more braindead Facebook and Twitter links. Do these web designers understand web standards, or do they take some perverted pleasure in designing slow-loading, overcrowded pages?

It's a shame the growth of Linux has coincided with the demise of the web. On my 3G connection I let the page load for about 40 seconds, and then I closed the tab. If they take no interest in us then we will take no interest in them, or anything they have to say, or anything they have to sell.

I would look at the list of 12 if I could scroll down to the bottom without being bombarded by invasive ads and yet more braindead Facebook and Twitter links. Do these web designers understand web standards, or do they take some perverted pleasure in designing slow-loading, overcrowded pages?

I've been using the first one with Opera for several months and it works very well. Speaking of Opera, I've use it since the whole thing fit on a single 1.44 meg 3-1/2 inch floppy (and purchased every new release), but it appears Opera has committed suicide and it is time to find a replacement. I've been using Midori for the last few days and so far, so good. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of Opera, but it does the job.

I've used Opera since the whole thing fit on a single 1.44 meg 3-1/2 inch floppy (and purchased every new release), but it appears Opera has committed suicide and it is time to find a replacement. I've been using Midori for the last few days and so far, so good. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of Opera, but it does the job.

I can actually use an adblock file on Opera, but at the moment my main machine is out of action with a blown PSU, and I'm too lazy to set this one up properly. I too have been using Opera since the early 2000s, when I paid for it, and sadly, it appears you are correct - with version 15 Opera has bowed to the demands of the Facebook generation and shot itself in the foot to accommodate their need for a dumbed-down, fast browser. It seems to be a common thread lately - great software projects losing their marbles just when they appeared to be taking off. If I were a conspiracy theorist I would suspect a trojan horse in their midst but a moderator rapped me on the knuckles for suggesting such a thing last year.

The point stands though. Too many websites are unbearable now - congested, slow, top-heavy with images and videos and too far removed from web standards. I no longer waste my time and bandwidth waiting for them. It is arrogant on the part of the designers to assume we all have fibre access to the net. Many of us don't even have DSL.

I can actually use an adblock file on Opera, but at the moment my main machine is out of action with a blown PSU, and I'm too lazy to set this one up properly. I too have been using Opera since the early 2000s, when I paid for it, and sadly, it appears you are correct - with version 15 Opera has bowed to the demands of the Facebook generation and shot itself in the foot to accommodate their need for a dumbed-down, fast browser. It seems to be a common thread lately - great software projects losing their marbles just when they appeared to be taking off. If I were a conspiracy theorist I would suspect a trojan horse in their midst but a moderator rapped me on the knuckles for suggesting such a thing last year.

Based on watching what mickeysoft did over the years to build their near monoploy, Google is, IMO, doing, or trying to do, something similar with Linux and the Internet, and, very unfortunately, like mickeysoft, they have the money to do it.

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The point stands though. Too many websites are unbearable now - congested, slow, top-heavy with images and videos and too far removed from web standards. I no longer waste my time and bandwidth waiting for them. It is arrogant on the part of the designers to assume we all have fibre access to the net. Many of us don't even have DSL.

Agreed. Some sites are so "busy" that even with a reasonably good connection they are slow to load. I avoid those sites when I have choice (don't need whatever they have to offer or the information is available elsewhere).

Agreed. Some sites are so "busy" that even with a reasonably good connection they are slow to load. I avoid those sites when I have choice (don't need whatever they have to offer or the information is available elsewhere).